CVEvulnerability
CVE-2007-4578
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2007-08-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-189
Description
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows and for Unix/Linux before 2.48.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted UPX packed file, resulting from an "integer cast around". NOTE: as of 20070828, the vendor says this is a DoS and the researcher says this allows code execution, but the researcher is reliable.
Affected configurations
• sophos anti-virus 3.4.6
• sophos anti-virus 3.78
• sophos anti-virus 3.78d
• sophos anti-virus 3.79
• sophos anti-virus 3.80
• sophos anti-virus 3.81
• sophos anti-virus 3.82
• sophos anti-virus 3.83
• sophos anti-virus 3.84
• sophos anti-virus 3.85
• sophos anti-virus 3.86
• sophos anti-virus 3.90
• sophos anti-virus 3.91
• sophos anti-virus 3.95
• sophos anti-virus 3.96.0
• sophos anti-virus 4.03
• sophos anti-virus 4.04
• sophos anti-virus 4.05
• sophos anti-virus 4.5.3
• sophos anti-virus 4.5.4
• sophos anti-virus 4.5.11
• sophos anti-virus 4.5.12
• sophos anti-virus 4.7.1
• sophos anti-virus 4.7.2
• sophos anti-virus 5.0.1
• sophos anti-virus 5.0.2
• sophos anti-virus 5.0.4
• sophos anti-virus 5.0.9
• sophos anti-virus 5.1
• sophos anti-virus 5.2
• sophos anti-virus 5.2.1
• sophos anti-virus 6.5
• sophos scanning engine 2.30.4
• sophos scanning engine 2.40.2
• sophos small business suite 4.04
• sophos small business suite 4.05
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26580 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3072 securityreason.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018608 securitytracker.com
- http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_sophos_upx_infinite_loop_dos.php www.nruns.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477720/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477864/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477882/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25428 Patch
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/28407.html Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2972 www.vupen.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26580 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3072 securityreason.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018608 securitytracker.com
- http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_sophos_upx_infinite_loop_dos.php www.nruns.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477720/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477864/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477882/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25428 Patch
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/28407.html Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2972 www.vupen.com